What is the price of crustaceans per kilogram/pound in Kenya today?
The retail price range for Kenya crustaceans is between US$ 2.24 and US$ 2.27 per kilogram or between US$ 1.02 and US$ 1.03 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of crustaceans in Kenya
The retail price range in Kenyan Shilling for crustaceans is between KES 311.76 and KES 315.86 per kilogram or between KES 141.39 and KES 143.25 per pound(lb) in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Kenya crustaceans is between US$ 1.57 and US$ 1.59 per kilogram or between US$ 0.71 and US$ 0.72 per pound(lb).
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Kenya Crustaceans Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Kenya over the last five years has seen a significant increase. In 2016, the price was 15.10 US dollars per kg, followed by a slight decrease to 13.11 US dollars per kg in 2017. In 2018, the price dropped to 4.17 US dollars per kg, before increasing to 11.86 US dollars per kg in 2019 and 13.00 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price has since decreased to 3.00 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Crustaceans from Kenya in 2023 will be 6.08 US dollars per kg and in 2024 will be 9.04 US dollars per kg.Kenya Crustaceans Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Crustaceans into Kenya has seen a significant fluctuation over the past five years. In 2016, the price was at its highest at $15.10, before dropping to $4.17 in 2018. Since then, the price has been steadily increasing, reaching $13.00 in 2020. This trend is expected to continue, with the price predicted to be $14.00 in 2023 and $15.00 in 2024.Export values for Kenya crustaceans
The total values in export for crustaceans in Kenya were US$ 151, US$ 485, US$ 200 and US$ 261 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Kenya crustaceans - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Kenya shipped 22 tonnes of crustaceans. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Kenya crustaceans (seafood category) has gone down, recording a change of -54.167 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, crustaceans' exports decreased by -40.54 percent earning the country US$0.26m for the year 2019. Kenya's crustaceans exports are categorised as:
- Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); frozen flours, meals, and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030619)
- Crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, dried, salted or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excluding rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption (HS code 030629)
- Crustaceans, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked, crabs, shrimps, prawns and lobster) (HS code 160540)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, dried, salted, smoked or in brine, fit for human consumption (HS code 030699)
- Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway lobsters, shrimps and prawns); flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption, fresh or chilled (HS code 030639)
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Kenya crustaceans export values
In 2019, Kenya supplied crustaceans with a value of 0.26m USD, a surge of 30.00% from 2018's total crustaceans export of 0.2m USD. The annual change in value of Kenya crustaceans between 2017 to 2018 was -58.763 per cent.
The yearly variation in the quantity of Kenya's crustaceans exports between 2017 and 2019 was -40.54% when compared to a variation of -54.167% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Kenya's share of the world's total crustaceans' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Kenya holds position 49 in world exports of crustaceans.
Export markets for Kenya crustaceans ( in '000$ )
Import/Export Trends
Kenya is a net exporter of crustaceans. The annual growth of Kenya crustaceans in value between 2015 to 2019 was 57%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was 44%, per annum.
Kenya imported 3 tonnes of crustaceans in 2019.